Bargains! PROMOTIONS
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Miller Center Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia. He has written for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, testified before Congress at the request of Democrats and Republicans, and appeared on CNN, Fox, and PBS Newshour.
Arrives at a fraught time for the Constitution in general and the pardon clause in particular. Those who find the issue perplexing would do well to start their research here. -- Garrett Epps * Washington Monthly * The best book ever written on the pardon power. Prakash offers a fascinating, energetic account of the history of pardons and pardoning, from the founding period on—and a vivid warning about what is happening now. -- Cass Sunstein, author of <i>Campus Free Speech</i> In the use of careful historical research to illuminate complex constitutional issues, Sai Prakash has few peers. His latest book traces the evolution of the presidential pardon power and concludes that we have entered an unprecedented ""pardon dystopia"" in which politics, lobbyists, family connections, and policy disagreements dominate pardon decisions. After considering the evidence Prakash musters, I suspect that few will disagree. -- William A. Galston, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution This is the best book written on the pardon power and an invaluable diagnosis of what is at stake in the contemporary presidency. Prakash authoritatively and accessibly explains the origins and historical operation of the power, how it has spun out of control in recent decades, and what might be done to rein it in. -- Jack Goldsmith, author of <i>The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration </i>
